Tapping the West

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Publication Year:
2020

ISBN-13: 9781771513210

<p><b>&#34;If you love craft beer, you&#8217;ll love this book.&#34; &#8212;<i>The Tomato</i></b></p>&#10;<p><i><b>The story behind Alberta's craft beer boom. An insider&#8217;s look that brings together tasting notes, social history, politics, and science.</b></i></p>&#10;<p>When Alberta eliminated its laws around mandatory minimum brewing capacity in 2013, the industry suddenly opened to the possibility of small-batch craft breweries. From roughly a dozen in operation before deregulation, there are now more than a hundred today, with new ones bubbling up each month. It&#8217;s an inspiring story, one that writer Scott Messenger tells in impressive scope.</p><p>At a time when Alberta was still recovering from the plunge in oil prices in 2008, deregulation represented a path to economic diversification. Messenger takes readers on the road with him to investigate artifacts left behind by Alberta brewers dating to the late-1800s, to farms responsible for the province&#8217;s unrivalled malt, and into the brewhouses and backstories of some of Canada&#8217;s best new beer makers. It&#8217;s an insider&#8217;s look at history in the making.</p><p>With humour, straight-talking tasting notes, and a willingness to challenge stereotypes, Messenger introduces us to key players in the industry. We meet Graham Sherman of Tool Shed Brewing, who helped spearhead the change in legislation; Greg Zeschuk, whose Belgian-inspired brewery is poised to put Alberta beer on the global map; the sisters behind Northern Girls Hopyard, Alberta&#8217;s first hop farm; and many more.</p><p>Messenger winds up his narrative with a good, old-fashioned pub crawl, a fitting finale for the story of an industry that is, at its heart, about having fun with friends. Bringing together social history, politics, and science, <i>Tapping the West</i> is engaging and balanced&#8212;not unlike the perfect you-know-what.</p>